Custom FTP usernames

Linux users can access ftp via username only, that means every cpanel user can get into the system without domain.ext .

I would suggest that you dont make a seperate account because it will be hard to keep track of disk usage but if you did simply create another linux user that user would have ftp access to their home directory.

The problem with having users without extensions "under" cpanel accounts is that names will fill up, you would not be able to have fred@a.com and fred@b.com for instance.

I dont understand why the customer wants "username" as an ftp login. If the users who has access to cpanel is the person that will be accessing the ftp they can just use the cpanel login.

 

explain to the 'complainer' that user@domain IS a user name.

If they insist that they must have the name they want, it is possible. You can move them to a dedicated server, for which the costs are more.

I usually find that once you put an honest price tag on a special, unusual request, it is suddenly not that important.

If they continue to want it their way, you could also tell them the other advantages of having their own dedicated server, like a lot more disk space, greater security, etc.

Brian